Top 10 issues - December 2000; The mobility business case

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	Top 10 issues - December 2000 In continuing our review of where we've been - and where we're going - Steve happened across a "wish list" from the beginning of the decade. These were primarily oriented to Frame Relay, but they applied to the general landscape as well. So let's look at each of these and see how they match up with where we are today. Read More WHITE PAPER: Level 3 3 Top Reasons for SIP Trunking Contrary to popular belief, upgrading an existing voice network to take advantage of SIP trunking technology does not require wholesale replacement of existing equipment. In many cases, existing PBX equipment already supports SIP capabilities. This paper discusses how organizations can take advantage of SIP trunking at a lower than expected cost. Learn more In this Issue The mobility business case FCC approves compromise net neutrality rules Duke MBA program networks over Cisco's Quad NASA CIO wants a cool smartphone, LAN and shower cap for Christmas? WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Defragmentation in Virtualized Environments Performance corrupting file fragmentation is severely compounded on virtual platforms and threatens to undo most of its efficiency benefits. Coordinating defrag resources between VMs was an insurmountable barrier until recent innovations eliminated conflicts. Learn More The mobility business case A hot topic among my clients these days is defining a mobility business case. The rationale is simple: Mobility budgets have been rising more than 10% year over year for the past three years — even though IT budgets overall have been declining. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Addressing the Complexities of Remote Data Protection This white paper reviews the factors that can make data protection and recovery in remote offices a complicated problem and describes the range of technology options available, explaining the benefits and shortcomings of each in the context of remote offices. Read Now FCC approves compromise net neutrality rules The FCC votes to implement compromise net neutrality rules. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec Next Generation Data Protection These next generation tools, such as disk based backups, deduplication, virtualization, archiving, and continuous data protection, are essentially revolutionizing the world of data protection. download this whitepaper to find the newest approach to unified data protection. Read now! Duke MBA program networks over Cisco's Quad Diversity is key in Duke University's MBA-Cross-Continent program, which brings together students from around the world and sends them to several continents to learn. But when it comes to tools for linking the students and faculty in that program, a unified platform from Cisco Systems has brought several advantages. Read More NASA CIO wants a cool smartphone, LAN and shower cap for Christmas? It seems that NASA CIO Linda Cureton has a pretty good sense of humor. On her NASA blog over the weekend she sent a letter to Santa about what she'd like to get for Christmas. While she'd obviously like to get better networking gear, the shower cap wish was little strange. Read More
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